Re: v$abc.. table names - nightmare

On May 17, 3:55 am, neilsolent <n..._at_solenttechnology.co.uk> wrote:
> Why oh why did Oracle decide to make table names with special symobols> in them, like v$database?> This makes it a nightmare in shell scripts wrapping sqlplus for> example!> Try writing a shell script that su's to oracle and executes sqlplus to> get data from v$database..> Is there any workaround to avoid the dollars, such as aliases?>> thanks,> Neil